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WATER RESOURCES

Abstraction alters nitrogen cycling

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment volume 3, page 616 (2022)Cite this article

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Despite policy mandates to improve water quality, such as the Clean Water Act, nitrogen pollution continues to degrade freshwater quality throughout the USA. Effective management is hampered by a lack of understanding of water supply processes and their impacts on nitrogen cycling. In particular, groundwater and surface water abstraction temporally store nitrogen in terrestrial systems, but the broader effect of abstraction on nitrogen fluxes is poorly constrained.

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  • Flint, E. M., Ascott, M. J., Gooddy, D. C., Stahl, M. O. & Surridge, B. W. J. Water supply processes are responsible for significant nitrogen fluxes across the United States. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 36, e2022GB007340 (2022)

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Zinke, L. Abstraction alters nitrogen cycling. Nat Rev Earth Environ 3, 616 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00352-2

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